Kilimanjaro Expedition for Orphans : SaveAfricaNow

Are you ready to take action and help build homes for orphans due to AIDS in Africa? Now you help build homes for orphans by climbing Mount Kilimanjaro, the highest mountain in Africa (19340 ft – 5895 m), and the world’s highest free standing mountain. 

Join David Youngren, the founder of SaveAfricaNow, for an incredible journey to the top of Africa: August 25 - September 2, 2008.Located around the equator, the snow-capped mountain can be climbed by any physically fit and healthy person, and does not require technical skills, or climbing experience.  

Climbing Kilimanjaro is fun. Sure the last push to the summit is hard, but don’t let that put you off. Kilimanjaro is delightful mountain to climb. During the day, you will walk through spectacular landscapes which change every day as you pass through different vegetation zones. The pace is never exhausting as you walk slowly in order to acclimatize to the altitude. 

At the end of the day, while your guides are cooking you dinner, you can hang out with the rest of the team and walk around the campsite. As night falls, the stars come out, stunning everyone into silence.

Climbing Kilimanjaro will give you a story that can be passed onto future generations; and it will give you a sense of great achievement. Of course, anyone can climb Kilimanjaro, but it’s not often, that you get to climb Kilimanjaro in order to build homes displaced children by AIDS. And this is how:

Participate in the SaveAfricaNow Kilimanjaro Expedition for Orphans, by raising $10,000 or more for new homes for orphans in Tanzania. 

Dare your friends...Ask your employer to sponsor you, or get your faith community involved. Do what it takes to help the children, and enjoy an experience of a life time. 

When you raise $10,000 or more (tax deductible in the United States and Canada), your climb to Kilimanjaro is covered, i.e.  hotel a day before and after the climb, transportation while in Tanzania, mountain guides, porters to carry your luggage, emergency mountain insurance, food, and cabin or tent accommodation on the trek up the mountain. (Airfare to Kilimanjaro International Airport, health insurance, and proper gear and entry visa ($50) are not included)    

Also included in this special 	Kilimanjaro Expedition for Orphans is an optional volunteer week (August 17-24) in Tabora where you will volunteer and help build a home for orphans. Although the volunteer experience is an option, transportation, food and accommodations are still covered when you raise more than $10,000 for orphans  

Please register as soon as possible as space is limited. Your registration fee is $395 and the remaining donations are payable a minimum of 30 days prior to departure. Once you register, we will send you a kit with information about the climb as well as a fundraising guide that will help you raise the funds for the orphans.

Additional Optional: Serengeti Safari – Spend two days or more on a Safari. Of all the world’s wildlife parks, Serengeti is the best known and the one where you most likely to spot all the animals you want to see. 

For more information and to register, contact our office directly at Kilimanjaro@saveafricanow.org